RN-Assistant Nurse Manager - Stepdown - Desoto

Baptist Memorial Health Care Corporation; Southaven (MS); On-site; USD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Baptist Memorial Health Care Corporation seeks an Assistant Nurse Manager in Southaven, MS to lead the unit in planning, organizing, coordinating and evaluating patient care with 24-hour accountability. You will support fiscal, HR, risk management and operations in alignment with hospital goals.

You will drive care delivery improvements, ensure compliance with nursing standards, foster teamwork, optimize staffing, and oversee multidisciplinary staff to deliver compassionate, high-quality patient

Qualifications

• Must demonstrate leadership in acute care settings.
• Ability to supervise staff and coordinate staffing.
• Proficient in nursing process and patient care.
• Strong communication and teamwork.
• Ability to educate patients and families.

Responsibilities

• Develop and improve care delivery models and services to enhance patient/family, employee and provider satisfaction.
• Apply nursing values and ensure compliance with nurse practice acts and regulatory standards.
• Foster transparency, interdisciplinary collaboration and accountability.
• Enhance nursing practice quality and delivery of services.
• Optimize resource allocation to support objectives and initiatives.
• Manage multidisciplinary staff to deliver compassionate, clinically competent care.

Skills

Nursing leadership

Effective communication

Staff coordination

Critical thinking

Multi-tasking

Education

Documentation systems

Education

Nursing degree

Bachelor's preferred

Job description

Job Summary

Assistant Nurse Manager provides leadership through collaboration with the Nursing Manager of the Department in planning, organizing, coordinating, monitoring, and evaluating the care provided for patients in the unit. Responsibilities include fiscal, human resource, risk management, and operational functions. The Assistant Nurse Manager contributes to strategic planning and program development and maintains 24-hour accountability. The Assistant Nurse Manager performs delegated duties and functions within the philosophy and overall scope of responsibility.

Responsibilities

• Contributes to the development, and manages the implementation and improvement of care delivery models and services that supports the continuous enhancement of care delivery and patient/family, employee and provider satisfaction for area of responsibility.
• Applies the values of the nursing organization and assures compliance of the nurse practice acts abiding by nurses' rights and compliance with regulatory and professional standards for area of responsibility.
• Fosters transparency, interdisciplinary collaboration, and accountability in area of responsibility.
• Enhances the quality and effectiveness of nursing practice, nursing services administration, and the delivery of services.
• Optimizes resource allocation to support current and potential objectives and initiatives for area of responsibility.
• Manages a multidisciplinary work force that provides clinically competent, efficient, and compassionate care and services in a professionally challenging environment.

Experience

Minimum Required

• ? Ability to utilize the nursing process in the provision of nursing care including, but not limited to, administering treatments and medications, interpreting diagnostic tests, formulating a plan of care, collaborating with other health care providers and providing education to patients and/or significant others ? Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively ? Possess personal computer skills ? Ability to multi-task, delegate and prioritize ? Possess problem solving and critical thinking skills ? Ability to collaborate with other health care providers ? Ability to educate patients and/or significant others ? Ability to supervise regular staff and float staff on shift ? Ability to coordinate staffing for shifts ? 3 years in acute care setting with demonstrated leadership skills.

Preferred/Desired

• Acute care experience.

Education

Minimum Required

• Graduate of an accredited nursing program

Preferred/Desired

• Bachelor's degree

Special Skills

Minimum Required

• ? Possess skills in: patient care documentation systems and bed placement systems. ? Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively ? Possess personal computer skills ? Ability to multi-task, delegate and prioritize ? Possess problem solving and critical thinking skills ? Ability to collaborate with other health care providers ? Ability to educate patients and/or significant others ? Ability to supervise regular staff and float staff on shift ? Ability to coordinate staffing for shifts

Licensure

Minimum Required

• RN;BLS CERTIFICATION WITHIN 14 DAYS OF HIRE